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Francis Peyre Porcher and John Torrey correspondence, 1847

by: Porcher, Francis Peyre, 1825-1895

Publication date: 1847

Topics: Botanical specimens, Porcher, Francis Peyre, 1825-1895 -- Correspondence, Porcher, Francis Peyre, 1825-1895. Medico-botanical catalogue of the plants and ferns of St. John's, Berkly, South-Carolina, Torrey, John, 1796-1873 -- Correspondence, Elliott, Stephen, 1771-1830. Sketch of the botany of South-Carolina and Georgia, Medical College of the State of South Carolina

Collection: biodiversity; nybgtorrey; NY_Botanical_Garden

Contributor: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library

Language: English

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Correspondence from Francis Peyre Porcher to John Torrey, dated 1847. As a young medical student, Porcher expresses his delight at corresponding and exchanging specimens with Torrey. After stating that he will soon be visiting "one of your large Northern cities"-- "I prefer New York"-- and bringing specimens with him, he refers Torrey to his soon-to-be published medical school thesis, which he thinks may be of interest-- a catalog of the plants of his South Carolina parish

John Torrey Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden

Digitized under grant #PW-234827-16 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), with additional support from Carnegie Corporation of New York

Finding aid for the John Torrey papers available from the LuEsther T. Mertz Library, New York Botanical Garden and online

Abstract: Correspondence from Francis Peyre Porcher to John Torrey, dated 1847. As a young medical student, Porcher expresses his delight at corresponding and exchanging specimens with Torrey. After stating that he will soon be visiting 'one of your large Northern cities'-- 'I prefer New York'-- and bringing specimens with him, he refers Torrey to his soon-to-be published medical school thesis, which he thinks may be of interest-- a catalog of the plants of his South Carolina parish.